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Sunday, July 21, 2013

Nail Arts Bloggers Unite

I don't know her personally. I just saw her face on my Facebook newsfeed last week when a friend posted about the sad news. Ayana Grace, my daughter who is a nail arts lover, asked me today something about blog link ups and as we exchanged thoughts about the topic, she opened a blog post that features about how bloggers unite in tribute to this very popular girl who has become a You Tube makeup guru sensation and CoverGirl's Honorary Model.

Talia Joy Castellano is her name. And just today, I read that this beautiful and talented girl from Orlando, Florida, who has fought with cancer since she was 7 years old, passed away at age 13 last week, July 16, 2013.

"...diagnosed with stage-four neuroblastoma when she
was just 7 years old,

started using makeup 'as a wig' shortly after she
found out she was sick.

Both make-up and nail arts lovers around the world grieve at this inspirational and talented girl's demise that Nicole of Nail Polish Wars announced in Facebook a blog link up she initiated in honor of Talia Joy. In this tribute, bloggers unite to express their love and sympathy for Talia Joy and her family by posting about mint manis to remember her by using the last mint mani photo she uploaded in Instagram.

I'm not really into nail arts (my daughter, Ayana, is!) but I've been pinning some nail arts photos and blogs into my Beauty Pinterest Board. When I saw all the mint manis that were linked up so far, I suddenly felt this strong urge to break away from my usual crafts and food features to make a post on this.

These sites are all worth-visiting but oh, there are still A LOT MORE to visit! When you do visit any of these sites, just click on the box featuring the photo of the featured nail arts or the name of the post underneath the photo.

Browsing and reading about Talia Joy led me to TV Week's article featuring the video clip below on how Talia Joy answered Ellen Degeneres, when during the show, she was asked how she managed to stay positive in the face of cancer: